Wedding Photos of Moment

The following “Moment” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Moment” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

Domaine de Gaillac à Gaillac outdoor wedding moment image of the France bride having a nice talk with her grand mother

The Venue at Lenoir City wedding day moment of love image from TN created as The mother of the groom gets emotional after a dance with her son at the wedding reception

TN weddings moment The Venue at Lenoir City son wedding reception Bryan Aleman Tennessee wedding image

Siracusa family love wedding moment image of the groom and grandmother

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Puerto Vallarta wedding moment image at Iglesia de Guadalupe church during the ceremony

Puerto Vallarta wedding image Iglesia de Guadalupe Iglesia de Guadalupe church moment Puerto Vallarta ceremony

Nantucket Island emotional wedding day moment of a MA Bride and her father sharing an emotional and tearful hug before the ceremony

Massachusetts tearful Nantucket Island before ceremony Nantucket Island wedding father emotional

Wedding photo from Wilton's Music Hall, London - confetti moment

Lyndsey Goddard London Wiltons Music Hall wedding photo moment confetti

a private hugging Moment during the beach wedding ceremony at Cecina Beach, Tuscany

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Asbury Park, New Jersey wedding image of a Mother embracing daughter during bittersweet moment at Asbury Park

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Sitio São Jorge, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo wedding image of a father and son moment before the wedding

Sitio São Jorge venue before wedding Sitio São Jorge sao paulo wedding image father and son São Paulo

Groom and dad have emotional moment | The Bell, Broughton, Shropshire wedding day image

Shropshire Shropshire wedding image The Bell The Bell venue Broughton photographer Groom and dad

Ardore Marina, Reggio Calabria wedding photographer: "A shot that I carry in my heart. The bride's grandfather is blind. A lot of emotion at that moment."

italy bride Reggio Calabria Ardore Marina wedding venue bw emotion moment

Trieste, Italy wedding image of a special moment with bride and mother

moment Trieste bride and mother gift special hugs

Bride having a moment with her grandmother before ceremony at the White Church in Bucharest

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Rye Island, Henfield, West Sussex wedding picture of the bride and groom sharing a loving moment surrounded by their friends and family

UK Bride and groom Rye Island Henfield couple West Sussex UK Rye Island Henfield West Sussex wedding picture

Surrounded by wedding party members, a bridesmaid closes her eyes as she hugs the bride moments after the wedding ceremony | South Lake Tahoe Wedding Image

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The Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape intimate moment between the groom and his grandmother during their wedding day preparations

wedding day preparations intimate South Africa Twelve Apostles Hotel bw moment

Town Park, Fort collins, Colorado wedding day photo of the bride's grandmother greeting her after the ceremony with a forehead-to-forehead moment and big grins.

Colorado wedding photo Lucy Schultz colorado bride moment bw forehead to forehead Town Park

Antwerpen - The bride is dancing with her parents right after the first dance, on the same song they danced 24 years ago when the parents got married when the bride was 4 - emotional moments.

The bride is dancing with her parents right after the first dance, on the same song they danced 24 years ago when the parents got married when the bride was 4 - emotional moments

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Fujian China actual wedding day photography - Wedding moment

Wedding moment with the men

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the bride and groom Having a quick moment after the ceremony

Limburg wedding photographer the bride and groom Limburg ceremony moment Jonathan Sylvoz

The groom on the right is enjoying the moment with one of the best men

France Bride groom France Lyon Bride moment Lyon

Udaipur, India Wedding Photography | Always by your side. Weddings are an emotional time.

an emotional ceremony moment

Udaipur India wedding photography moment emotional ceremony

CA couple moments after being married outside

married CA couple outside Resort at Squaw Creek wedding photography moment

an emotional moment between mother and daughter before the ceremony

Old St Patricks Church Illinois bridal image Chicago Illinois daughter mother illinois bride

This is the moment the dressed flower girl sees the bridegroom kissing the bride's foot.

Xian wedding games kissing foot flower girl moment dressed

Hacienda del Cardenal, Toledo (Spain) - Wedding photojournalism of first dance - lovely moment

first dance, a lovely moment

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Full of energy moment for the groom with best friends

energy Daniele Borghello groom Best friends Bracciano Castle Wedding Venue moment

The moment after the ceremony a toast with all your friends and family

toast moment Kasteel Duurstede friends Utrecht family Linda Bouritius

Groom and his Mum share a moment at the wedding reception

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The Bride has a momment with her grandparents before the Ceremony at the Church in Zvolen, Slovakia.

The Bride has a moment with her grandparents

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